VY levator lengthening to treat upper eyelid retraction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1005-1007

  Kokubo, Kenichi ^a   Katori, Nobutada ^a   Hayashi, Kengo ^a   Kasai, Kenichiro ^a   Kamisasanuki, Taro ^a  

^a SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; DRY EYE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER EYELID; UPPER EYELID RETRACTION; VY LEVATOR LENGTHENING;

ADULT; BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; ESTHETICS; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878530660     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.02.027     Document Type: Letter

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